Box 5

A photograph of L. Mendel Rivers at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) offices in The Hague, Netherlands.

Thirteen photographs of L. Mendel Rivers and family attending the Keel Laying Ceremony of the U.S.S. South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. Also pictured are Margaret Middleton Rivers (wife), Margaret Rivers Eastman (daughter), and Senator J. Strom Thurmond. Also included is a program for the ceremony.

A substantial amount of photographs of L. Mendel Rivers attending a luncheon and giving a speech to the Democratic National Congressional Committee. Also pictured are Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, Speak of the House John McCormick, Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, Representative (and future President) Gerald R. Ford, former Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford, and House Majority Leader Carl Albert.

Eight photographs of L. Mendel Rivers in group shots taken on the Capital Building steps in Washington, D.C., Also pictured are L. Mendel Rivers, Jr. (son), former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey, Speaker of the House John McCormack, Representative Frank Boykin, Margaret Middleton Rivers (wife), and Senator Burnet R. Maybank.

A photograph of two unidentified officers standing next to a monument for Charlesfort in Beaufort, South Carolina.

Numerous photographs of L. Mendel Rivers attending various civilian events. Including a photograph of Rivers in his baseball uniform at the Congressional Baseball Game. Also pictured are Citadel alumni and World War II fighter Ace Roland F. Wooten, Jr., South Carolina Governor Earnest "Fritz" Hollings, Vice-President Hubert Humphrey, and Harold Simmons.

Eleven photographs of L. Mendel Rivers with General Mark W. Clark, President of The Citadel Military College in Charleston, South Carolina.

Three photographs of L. Mendel Rivers attending a ceremony and giving a speech with General Mark W. Clark, President of The Citadel Military College.

Nine photographs of L. Mendel Rivers attending a dinner ceremony with Colonel Garcia.

Four photographs of L. Mendel Rivers speaking and attending a function at the Denver Hilton Hotel in Colorado.